Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both my 21 SAs do the same. The light leaves the rear element at such a steep angle that it shines in under the edges of the film aperture. If the back of the 15 extends well into the camera, I assume this is the reason. Ken Wilcox At 2:56 -0400 2/19/0, a fine scholar, Bob Keene/Karen Shehade wrote: >One thing I've noticed about shooting with the 15 Heliar on my Tower/Nicca >5L... looking at the contact sheets it's apparent that the coverage is so >great that there is very little space between frame edges on the >negatives... the 15 actually produces more image sapce on the film, so >instead of, say, an 1/8th of an inch between frames, one is left with only >1/16th of an inch (approximate guestimate). At first I thought my newly >CLA'd Nicca had to go back to the shop because of a film advance problem, >but I looked closer and saw that the spacing was'normal' where I'd used a >50 or 35 lens. >Makes cutting the negatives abit of a challenge. I haven't run film through >an M6 or M2 with the Helair, anybody else notice this? > >Bob (my God! The Helair is taking up ALL the room on the FILM!!) Keene - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>